Once upon a time, recruiters and hiring managers tended not to call workers on the job. Most people respected the fact that employed individuals looking for a job wanted to be discreet about their job search. Today, all bets are off and it’s mainly because of cell phones and PDAs. Before, a recruiter wouldn’t risk calling you up and getting a switchboard operator, or a colleague, or even a boss on the line. Now, a call to your cell phone or a text message is commonplace. But is it smart, cool, or ethical to be texting a hiring manager at another company while you’re sitting in a work meeting or even in your cube? A did a quick Twitter poll and for the most part people think technological advances have lead to a game changer when it comes to your job search. This response summed up the general sentiment: @carisamiklusak despite manners, mobile recruitment is becoming a quickly growing and very effective real-time way to communicate w/ candidates! It’s all about real-time today, and the economy seems to have made things even worse. There’s a sense out there among job seekers and those seeking job candidates, that landing the gig is paramount and etiquette is flying out the window. And, recruiters and hiring managers want a life too, so they don’t want to have to be texting you or calling you in the evening or weekend if they can help it, said Andrew Davis, President of Treaty Oak Recruiting , Inc. “Hiring managers (and believe it or not, recruiters) are people too and prefer to maintain the work/life balance their companies promote to pursue their lives and interests,” he said. “That being the case, while some exchanges can occur after the closing bell, much of the direct communication needs to take place during business hours.” Some folks looking for work have told me they have to look out for themselves because in this day and age their boss would lay them off in a nanosecond if they decided to. So, why even give your managers the courtesy of not job-hunting on their dime? It makes sense in some way.

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